Labyrinth is getting a sequel - but who will step into David Bowie's shoes?

Labyrinth, the 1986 fantasy film which starred David Bowie as Jareth the Goblin King, is getting a sequel.

Lisa Henson, daughter of Jim and CEO of the Jim Henson Company, is slated to produce the new film - said by sources to be a sequel rather than a modern day reboot.

Nicole Perlman, whose credits include Guardians of the Galaxy and the forthcoming Captain Marvel, is writing the script.

Directed by Jim Henson, the original Labyrinth told the story of 15-year-old Sarah Williams, played by Jennifer Connelly, who has to navigate the titular maze in order to rescue her baby brother after he's kidnapped by Bowie's nefarious goblin ruler.

Regarded as a box office flop after release, the film found a wider audience on home video and has since become regarded as cult classic - aided in no small part by Bowie's memorably idiosyncratic performance.

Listing it among Bowie's best film performances after the star's recent death, Telegraph film critic Tim Robey said: "He taunts [Jennifer Connelly's character] with wavering cries of 'Saraaaah!', does a deeply bizarre 'Magic Dance' with his Goblins, and sports a spiky blond Tina Turner wig that’s his most ladylike and wacky hairdo ever. The creepily seductive edge to the performance has caused its fair share of adolescent stirrings over the years."

The original film was scripted by Monty Python's Terry Jones. Its story was inspired by the Maurice Sendak children's book Outside Over There, which was itself inspired by the real-life kidnapping of aviator Charles Lindbergh's infant son.